The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-03
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mr.. JOHN BAILEY. of Bailey & Son,
who has tee seriously Ill for some
month past Is gradually growing
better al h"ugn yet quite eeble.
About FnErV couples attended the
| mop gwen in Gaid4r'5 Hall oy the
Golden Hour, Ciur last evening, and
genera good TIM Was the result.
Dan ing was kept up until IN early
hour.
EFFORTS ARE beng made by the resi-
dents "f u-ry C..rd.y 10 obtain a daily
mail on route Al LOB from Price to the
Muddy. IL IS said that d ly mail is
one of tn or sSing n 81 of mat Sec
non, am il 1t is obtsine W II very ma
terra ly help that part Of the Territory.
lo-MoRkow evening there is to be an
entertainment given, Under the auspices
# the Tenth Ward rhUir the proceeds
from which are % be devoted to the
purchase of II new organ The pro-
gramme nsi's of ch1ruses, quar-
te teN, duets, songs, &C, ions aud the
arce of A Nobel VIZ There will
doubtless be large turnout on the Oc-
casion.
A MAN was seen gracefully reposing
in the place Whe e the va er sec should
be on First Sou Street. last evening.
de Was acting In II rather dazed man
ner, and when approached by a pedes-
TRAN, who fecljngly asked thu cause of
MS detection, he replied: II don't
know, Dut [ believe there must have
been an earthquake" Ii was subse-
guently discovered that he had been
elected from nelghboring beer saloon.
THE FOLLOWING, clipped from an ex-
Grange will be of interest to many
eople in this city. who hold Van in
very dear remembrance: professor
Van Tasseil, with his balloon Eclipse,
landed about three miles west of this
town III the foothills, about 40 pm.
The landing was made without acct
lent. The balloon stuck in a tree. The
highest altitude reached was about
Ii 900 feet the highest ever made by
the Professor. 1t took about an hour
to come from San Francisco"
A THEME of general comment yester-
day, was the strange phenomenon of
tuesday afternoon. A thin filmy cloud
OF a substance like saleratuS,\ alkaL or
ashes fell from the regions above for
some hours, during the ex remedy cold
blizzard That passed oyer the city. Hats
and oVercoaCs were generally whitened
with the dusty deluge, aud window
panes yesterday morning looked
as If they had been frosted. An
analysis of the substance SHOWS it to be
largely com osed OF aikah, with a
slightly salty favor, but no one has yet
offered a reasonable solution of the
mystery as TO how it originated and
whence it came.
FANNIE G. DECKER has commenced
suit in the Probate Court against Brig
han4re Roy Decker. for divorce She
alleges that she and the defendant were
married on The 25rh day OF October.
1888, and that there is one child az the
fruit of said marriage, named Bessie
Lorette Decker; that plaintiff has no
property and means of support for
herself and child, except her own
labor; that though abundantIy able 10
do so, defendant has WLlfully failed and
neglected to provide for plaintiff dur
ing THE year last past, the commoa
necessaries of life. she therefore asks
that the bonds of mstrimony be dis
solved, that she be awarded the custody
of said child, with alimony and costs,
and such other relief as may be just.
The FOLLOWING description of a
couple of worthless has reached officials
il this city. They have been operating
in various eastern cities, and are sup
posed to have drIfted westward. Asa
consequence, the description of the fel-
lows has been forwarded in advance:
One is large, square built man, pleas
ing address, weighs about 10 pounds,
no beard, except heavy, dark, sandy
moustache, and appears to be about 80
years old. He represents himself as z.
u Preston, travelling salesman for the
Ohio Wall Paper Mills Company, Gin
cinnati, o. His companion is AL.
White, paper hanger by trade. He is
5 feet inches. weighs 40 pounds, and
does good deal of talking. Both men
are frauds and swindlers, and are
wanted by the chief of police of Little
Rock, Ark, for obtaining money under
false Dretenses